The Marble Finds from Kavos and the Archaeology of Ritual
Edited by Colin Renfrew, Olga Philaniotou, Neil Brodie, Gior-gos Gavalas & Michael J. Boyd

City: Cambridge
Year: 2018
Publisher: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Description: Hardback, 600 p., numerous b/w tables and figures, 15 colour plates cm
Abstract
The status of Kavos on Keros as the earliest maritime sanctuary in the world is documented by the present volume, which includes (in Part A) the full publication of the marble finds from the Special Deposit South at Keros. These constitute the largest assemblage of Early Cycladic sculptures and vessels ever recovered in a controlled excavation, although they were all found in fragmentary condition. They add significantly to the already substantial corpus of finds from well-documented contexts in the Cycladic islands. They open new possibilities for the study of the production and the use of the rich repertoire of Cycladic artefacts of marble and thus to the understanding of ritual practice in Early Cycladic societies. The marble sculptures from the looted Special Deposit North at Kavos that have been recovered in systematic excavations will be discussed in Volume VII.
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Contents
Contributors [vii]
Figures and Plates [viii-xvi]
Tables [xvi-xix]
Abbreviations [xx]
Preface [xxi]
Colin Renfrew & Michael J. Boyd
Acknowledgements [xxii]
Part A. The Marble Finds from the Special Deposit South
Chapter 1 The Sculptures from the Special Deposit South: Introduction [3-17]
Colin Renfrew
Chapter 2 The Sculptures from the Special Deposit South: The Finds [19-41]
Colin Renfrew
Chapter 3 Catalogue of Sculptures from the Special Deposit South [43-254]
Colin Renfrew & Michael J. Boyd
Appendix: Concordance of Special Find, Naxos Museum and Figure Numbers [255-258]
Daphne Lalayiannis & Michael J. Boyd
Chapter 4 The Stone Vessels [259-341]
Giorgos Gavalas
Appendix: Quantitative Analyses of the Marble Bowl Fragments [342-353]
Neil Brodie
Chapter 5 The Provenance of the Marble Artefacts [355-431]
Dimitris Tambakopoulos & Yannis Maniatis
Part B. Dhaskalio and Kavos in Perspective
Chapter 6 The Pottery from Dhaskalio, the Special Deposit South and the Special Deposit North Compared [435-443]
Peggy Sotirakopoulou
Chapter 7 The Fabric Study of the Pottery of Dhaskalio and Kavos [445-493]
Jill Hilditch
Appendix: Neutron Activation Analysis of Early Cycladic Ceramics from Kavos and Dhaskalio [494-500]
Anno Hein & Vassilis Kilikoglou
Chapter 8 Metal production, working and consumption across the sites at Dhaskalio and Kavos [501-532]
Myrto Georgakopoulou
Chapter 9 The Material Worlds of Dhaskalio and Kavos [533-545]
Michael J. Boyd & Colin Renfrew
Chapter 10 The Conclusion of the 2006–2008 Project [547-558]
Colin Renfrew
Greek summary [559-566]
References [567-575]
Index [577-581]
Colour plates [583-600]
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